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I'm quite impressed and am glad you included the "roll twice" on some of the columns, though I feel that worlds tend to not be diverse enough in climate in most sci-fi settings. I'd add that if you roll a "roll again" twice you roll twice again (for a total of three times) and continue until you have used everything in that column OR no longer roll a "roll twice" result.

Varnias Tybalt said:

...while desert worlds are most likely located closer to the star etc.

Not necessarily -

I live in a desert and it's not because I'm closer to the sun or equator than other places - it's because there isn't much water. There are lots of deserts that get especially cold (generally at night, though not always) - the lack of water leads to a lack of clouds that leads to the soil being parched and non-arable. If a planet forms with little water, it will be a "desert world" no matter its proximity to its star. If a planet with lots of water formed near its star, it would probably be a jungle world as the water cycle would be accelerated and increased cloud cover would prevent the surface from being too dried out by the sun.

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Thanks. I have that ancient tome lying back at home. Ill see if I can combine the two. Ill take a peek at the world building system from traveller and see if there are any good ideas there. I think the main problem is balance. How detailed do you make it before it gets too unwieldly. However I really like the idea of random generator tables/ excel sheet as we need to preserve the element of 'sandbox randomness' that could be what is attractive about RT but without setting narrative snares for the GM.

Ill Think on it. The reason being that one of the few times I played traveller we managed some really low scores on population, so that our mighty starship managed to land with the intention of taking on a planet with a population of less than 10 people...who lived on a farm. I think Our Rogue Traders need firmer challanges. The point is taken theough, I could look at population ranges for diffferent types world and the GM can roll it if he so wishes..

You do luurve your death worlds though!!!! Is youre Rogue trader a big game hunter!!!?